The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-08-19
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

honest little I@siow DN giving Dlm ~ cents.
John Jordan, who died at Jacksonville,
Ill, the other day. was a comrade of Daniel
Booze in the war of 1872, and enjoyed the
friendship OF that most famous OF pioneers.
Boone lived until 1920.
Banker Helman, OF Los Angeles. Cal,
who is an IsraelIte. is about TO present the
Sisters OF Charity with $40. 900 toward the
new orphan asylum which the Sisters pro-
pose to erect in Los Angeles.
Last Saturday night Abraham Lincoln,
OF Was shington. ID. G., hit Martha Washing
ton with a brick. They are both colored
and Martha is even discolored where the
brick ended its hostile journey.
Miss Alice Henry. OF Aspen, Col. dis
covered a large bear near her fathers cabin
recently. She was lone. but thought she
could kill the bear. Taking a rifle she
waited until bruin was busy devourinG a
pig and then lodged a bullet in his brain.
He weighed 600 pounds.
An aged negro blacksmith, who still
does good work az the forge in OZan, Ark,
and who Is known as Governor Pickens, is
probably the oldest working blacksmith
living. He was born in South Carolina
March I, 1877, was sold on the block in New
Orleans. ard taken 10 Arkansas in 1910.
The Kickaboo Indian doctor whom q
Pretty Racine girl has Just married is de-
scribed as being about 80 years old, has
only one arm, is hunchback ed. wears his
hair foot long, and moves along as II half
dead. There is no telling by what sort OF
man young maiden's fancy may be taken
captive.
In the opinion OF the Illinois State
Board of Agriculture that State will not
grow more than one half the usual crop of
corn. Illinois is one of the great corn
States-the greatest of all we believe and
such serious falling off in her most i'm
portant staple will mean a loss OF much
money TO her farmers.
The man who claims to be the tallest
person in America keeps a saloon in Buffalo
His name is Henry Alexander Cooper. He
was born On the Englist coast between York
and Scarborough, in 1860. and is feet 2
inches in height. His hand is 13 inches and
his foot Il inches long. He Is a good man,
and he weighs $50 pounds.
Celia Forbing. OF Kenton, o., was walk
ing through the new court house at Tiffin
with some young friends. Suddenly she
stepped up to the marriage record and
dared any young man present to take out
the papers and make her his. The chal.
lenge was accepted by young man OF the
! party and the knot was tied at Fostoria the
! same night.
The Hartford Post predicts an early fall
hp 3
week earlier than has been noticed fol-
years; the crickets were abnormally soor
| IN their coming the dahlia. which is AT
August plant, blossoms in July the golden
| rod adds its willowy stock. with innumera.
BILE pods of blossoms, to the army that i:
beckoning to autumn.
The Rev. 1. c. Bagley. OF Camden. \
| j., was call upon recently by stylish
| looking couple who desired to be welded
! There being no impediment, the pastor sOoI
| made them one flesh. Then the groom
handed the clergyman a large Oficia
envelope marked "a present, with thanks
Upon opening the envelope Mr.. Bagley
| found incIosed the sum of 10 cents.
"A horrible murder and robbery occurred
! 90 miles north of New Albany, Indiana, OF
Monday night last near Fredericksburg
! Washington county. John Hertel and Dan
I iel Wyninger. long time enemies, met or
the turnpike, renewed their quarrel and
finally ended it by Hertel stabping Wyningel
to death with huge butcher knife. Herte
then robbed the man of s.. 900 and fed.
| "A great FIRE occurred on Monday last
In Scutari, opposite Constantinople. and fol
time it was feared the entire city would
be destroyed. The wind was high and the
| flames spread with great rapIdity. One
| thousand houses and two churches were
| destroyed and two women and a child were
! burned to death. Thousands of persons are
] homeless. The Sultan has donated Ks, ,O0C
| for the sufferers and has appointed rellet
committee.
The police of Portland, Me, on Satur.
day last, arrested Mary Brown. known as
the Queen of the Cats" She was found
surrounded by cats, thirteen being In one
room, and one hundred or more about the
! place. She begged hard not to be separated
! from her pets. and seemed TO believe she
was to be killed. She is sick and insane.
/ Not very much seems to be known about
| her except the fact of her insanity and her
! love for cats.
Mrs. James Brooks. of North Modus,
| Conn.,. is more than ever convinced that
| there's truth in the adage that ITO find a
stray dog in the house is a fOrerunner OF
| good news" On the Fourth of July she
| found a stray dag under her bed, and before
/ the sun dawned she received the intelligence
from her pension solicitor at Washington
that her petition had been granted and that
she would receive g, 3SS as back pay and a
monthly allowance cf Sl2.
The gold held by the Treasury in its
vaults at Washington weighs 519 tons. II
! packed into ordinary carts, one ton to eacf
cart, it would make procession two mile:
! long. allowing twenty feet of space for the
movement of each horse and cart. The
| silver in the same vaults weighs 1896 tons
! Meas urng it in carts. as In the case of the
| gold. it would require the service, of 1885,
horses and carts TO transport 1t. and would
make procession over tWenty-One miles II
! length.
| William Carson, deputy sheriff OF Cone
jos county, Colorado, well known through
out the West as the eldest son of th'
| renowned Kit Carson, was murdered OIL
Thursday by a Mexican named Vigil,
notorious ch ar acter. Carson had a warran
for Vigil's arrest and when he attempted L
serve it was asked to read it. While doin
this Vigil snatched a gun and clubbe,
Carson to death. a posse is securing tn
mountains in search of Vigil. who will IN